For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
the term ‘‘the Chicago Convention’’ means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944 and includes:
any amendment thereof which has been ratified by both Contracting Parties; and
any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of that Convention, insofar as such amendment or annex is at any given time effective for both Contracting Parties;
the term ‘‘aeronautical authority’’ means in the case of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State for Transport, and for the purpose of Article 7 of this Agreement, the Civil Aviation Authority and in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Minister of Transport and Transport of the Netherlands Antilles, or, in both cases, any person or body who may be authorised to perform any functions at present exercisable by the above-mentioned authority or similar functions;
the term ‘‘designated airline’’ means an airline which has been designated and authorised in accordance with Article 4 of this Agreement;
the term ‘‘territory’’ means in relation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the exception of the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands and in relation to the Netherlands Antilles the land areas and the territorial waters adjacent thereto of the Netherlands Antilles;
the terms ‘‘air service’’, ‘‘international air service’’, ‘‘airline’’ and ‘‘stop for non-traffic purposes’’ have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Chicago Convention;
the term ‘‘this Agreement’’ includes the Annex hereto and any amendments to it or to this Agreement;
the term ‘‘user charges’’ means a charge made to airlines by the competent authority or permitted by that authority to be made for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities (including facilities for overflights), or related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo;
the term ‘‘Air Operator’s Certificate’’ means a document issued to an airline which affirms that the airline in question has the professional ability and organisation to secure the safe operation of aircraft for the aviation activities specified in the certificate;
the term ‘‘EC Member State’’ means a State that is now or in the future a contracting party to the Treaty establishing the European Community;
references to airlines of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be understood as referring to airlines designated by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
references to airlines of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be understood as referring to airlines designated by the Netherlands Antilles;
References to nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be understood as referring to nationals of European Community Member States;
references to nationals of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be understood as referring to nationals who are permanent residents of the Netherlands Antilles.
Artikel 1
Definitions
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 mei 2008